Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-04

Imperfect. ElllnBcf 0ltcr comparing
the two said beyond a question the tele-
gram and the letters were written by
the same person. The telegram was
filed at $3.50 A. NJ. and the fast mail
left for Richmond at 1887.
IDENTIFIED.
A newsboy on the fast mail Of that
day said man came down on that train
whose description answers to that Of
Murphy. The boy says he saw the
man get off the train at Milford and
there took good notice Of him. This
boy, whose name is Charles Sancho aud
who lives or did live at jl7 Henry
street, was found by one Of Mr. Wren's
assistants. This youth, in company
with Detective Nolan, went ont on the
street here and identified Mr.. Murphy
as the man seen on the train. Witness
was kept on the stand for a long time
and very closely catechised, but the
above is the gist of what ne said. He
denied having given anybody in Wash
ington a description Of Murphy.
SERGEANT TOl1LNsON.
Sergeant A. NJ. Tomlinson, who was
at work on the case in Washington
while Officer Hall was engaged in Rich
mond, said he went to Washington in
accordance with the Mayors orders.
He had heard things that created upon
his mind the impression that Murphy
sent the telegram He gained the
same description Of the man who
sent the telegram that had been
iUni he'd Wren. The telegram was
sent from the baltimore and Ohio TO
the Southern Office before it was sent
His first intimation that Murphy was
the guilty party was received from a
comparison of some Of Murphy's s
writing with the tracing Of the tele-
gram, and in both the "Js" were
identical. This, together with whatin-
formation he received from Mr.. Otley,
led him to suspect Murphy, rather to
think that suspicion attached TO HIM.
OTLEY CoRRECTs.
Mr.. Otley was recalled by Mr. Mere
dith and asked whether he desired to
change any part Of his testimony rs re-
corded 10y the secretary. He replied
that there were some inaccuracies in
the report, but in the main it was a
correct outline Of what he did say.
He then made several changes in his
testimony, which entirely relieved Mr..
Murphy Another change made was
with reference to the time at which he
received the telegram. Formerly he
said about F. NJ. Since then he had
been reminded that he had received and
answered il before going to dinner.
he had consulted Mr. Powers before
answering the telegram, but dill not
recall the CXacttime ofthe dly thou yht
it Was in the afternoon.
NJ. POWEEs.
Mr.. Powers, who had just entered
the Comnittec-Ioom. stated that Mr.
CUoy called to see him and he thought
ii was omly in the afternoon.
GEoHGE DUSCAN.
Mr.. George Duncan, when sworn.
said that he went to Mr.. Otley's Office
alone and tLat no one was present
when they had the conversation about
how Mr.. ONcy would vote ON the Piz-
Uni resolution. This conversation, he
said, had been very correctly reported
iv Mir. Otlcy. He acknowledged
writing the scurrilOus card which APP
pcmed in the ErcniH0 Truh rejecting
ON Mr.. Otey and in which ne de
MED having any knowledge Of the
authorship Of the telegram. When
asked 10y Mr.. Meredith why hc felt
callodupon 10 write the card he replied
that Mr. ONcv used such venomou-
language about outsiders who had in
tcrfcrcd with or interested them
selves in connection with the City
Hall that De. having taken an ac-
tive uat in City-Hall matters, as
Mr. Otley knew felt naturally that the
language applied to him, and therefore
he wrote the card. The witness dil
not seem very much inclined to answer
Mr. Mercdith's questions at first, but
Welded with very good grace.
lie denied having spoken with any
one ON the subject before visiting M.
Otlcv. Who lie expected to find In favor
OF the resolution. MIR. Meredith ques-
toned witness quite closely about the
card. and hc admitted that whi'c he was
its author il did pass through other
hands and was revised. He positively
declined TO say who revised and cor
rectod IT for him, but said he handed 1t
to Mr.. Joe Shelton.
TIE sTEEOGRPHFR.
a controversy arose concerning au-
swcrs made by the witness to certain
questions. and the readingof his entire
testimony from the notes OF the ste
nocraphtr employed by Mr. Murphy
was called for. Thas stcnogapher
skipped reading a bali page Of his
notes and said. or Mr.. Meredith SO un-
dorstood him, that this was the argu-
mnt of counsel, and he had marked II
out. Mr.. Meredith noticed that it had
not been marked out then, but that the
,tcnoglaphor (Mr. McGlonel ran his
pencil through it later. He there
.ore objected to the report, and a
long argument tnsued before the cx-
animation Of witnesses was resumed.
This gentleman is employed i'm the Of
fee Of John $. Wise, president of the
New York and Southern Telegraph
Company. and was formerly employed
nv the Chesapeake and Ohio Compa-
ny under General NickhaIn.